Andhra, 3 litres and Inspite of the Gods

What can a 3 litre beer tap, a pint of cobra beer and another half litre of ale do to you? It makes you quit drinking for the next 48 hours. That’s what happened last night when the boys from Hyderabad came together. I was sick of Bhongir and decided to go to Hyderabad last evening to chill with Sai and his crew.

I am reading “Inspite of the Gods” now and it’s a fantastic book. I can relate to a lot of the history especially things about Indira Gandhi, emergency etc since it was spoken about a lot when we were younger.

Andhra is a good place but we have been put up in a really crappy hotel that has bad sheets. It is the only hotel in Bhongir that has 2 a/c rooms and we got both of them. After living in Bangalore, I am much more convinced that I don’t enjoy living in rural India. There is too much regionalism here and people in villages are mostly convinced that they are stronger than the city folks. I get to eat at the residence of the CEO of the co-operative society and his cook serves some yummy Andhra food. The work is good and I am happy to see the guys from the co-operative society move from maintaining data manually to an automated, sophisticated system.

When I am by myself, I often think about what went wrong between my ex-girlfriend and I. There was a time when we loved each other immensely but at the end of it, we hated each other just as much. Both of us had a huge baggage when we got into the relationship and maybe that was a mistake by itself. We would have been best of friends otherwise and that’s for sure. I hate ending relationships that way simply because it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. I don’t even know how I would react if I see her again. It would for sure not be anger, it would not be hate, it would not be love, it would not be anxiety…its hard to put an emotion to that probable situation. You have to take some things in life as they come. Any amount of preparation is not sufficient for such situations.

The running has been random. The last time I worked out was on Monday – 5k plus a full body circuit. I am going to try and be regular starting Sunday and will hopefully be doing a long run/walk in Hyderabad.